James H. White Movies

A close view of an eighty-footer, schooner rigged, trim as a private yacht, skimming over the waters of the harbor, near Robins' Reef, which...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a...

Parade footage.

From Edison films catalog: The water breaks over the rocks, and is dashed into silvery spray, high into the air. Exceptionally fine water effects.

James White, the Edison Company's main filmmaker at the time, realized a burst of creativity during his visit to the 1900 Paris Exposition. It's...

Edison released this as part of their "Northern Pacific Rainway" and "Alaska and Yellowstone National Park" series.

The scene opens by showing the village girls driving home a herd of cows, and shows the native peasantry of Switzerland returning from their daily...

A Thomas Edison film showing a torpedo being shot.

Filmed off the coast of Rhode Island, this Edison short takes place on the U.S. torpedo boat Morris as we see some men loading up a torpedo that is...

Seagulls flock around a moving ferryboat in San Francisco Bay in this 2-shot short film.

"Shows steamer plunging head-on through the heavy seas. Huge waves break over the bow and wash the deck, almost carrying away the look-out."

This picture shows the young cadets going through their daily exercises and drill, and is full of life, and photographically perfect.

In [Admiral] Dewey land parade.

The famous Seal Rocks at Golden Gate Park are here shown. Sea lions in their wild state are lying on the rocks and swimming and diving in the water.

"A double-decked trolley car, crowded with passengers, approaches and passes the camera. Carriages, pedestrians and bicyclists add to the action of...

Possibly the sensation of the flight of a bird can be nearest realized by being on deck of one of the U.S. Government's fleet torpedo boats racing at...

Near the main entrance. Hundreds of carriages and characteristic Parisian busses are passing.

This picture opens with the young cadets climbing the rigging and going through the sail drill on board the famous historic ship "Constellation."...

"Showing the entire trip from Brooklyn to New York. The immense towers stand out clear and distinct against the sky. The best picture of the Brooklyn...